* CriticalDissonance: Almost universally hated by critics, but a major box office hit and retains a cult following today.* HarsherInHindsight: The whole damn thing, but especially the ending.* {{Narm}}[=/=]SoBadItsGood: The entire film could have this effect on people who've been in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. Gustav Hasford writes in his semi-autobiographical novel ''The Short-Timers'' (the basis for ''Film/FullMetalJacket'') that an audience of Marines was roaring with laughter when they saw the film in Vietnam. Similarly, war journalist John Pilger said about the film: "I had just come back from Vietnam, and I couldn’t believe how absurd this movie was. So I laughed out loud, and I laughed and laughed."* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: A choral arrangement of "Ballad of the Green Berets" used at the beginning.----